THE GUNCOTTON EXPLOSION.
TWO DEATHS.
[BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION',] Wellington, Friday. First-class Torpedo-man Ross, who "was injured by the guncotton explosion at the Forts yesterday morning, begun to sink rapidly this afternoon, and died at 5.40 this evening. Deceased was 35 years of age, married, and had been a member of The Torpedo Corps for about 5 years. He had charge of the smithy connected with the station. . Densem, another of those injured by theexplosion at the Fort, died at nine o'clock this evening. In the explosion Densem's hair was completely burned from the face, which was covered with a charred mass of blood and cuticle. There was « lacerated contused wound on the left cheek and eyebrow, extending on to the temple. The outer skin came off his hands like a glove, whiU his legs were much scorched, especially about the knees and ankles. At the back of the left arm there were eight lacerated and contused wounds, two of thein being particularly large, exposing lacerated and charred muscles. Cornwall, the third man, is reported this evening as doing well.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8508, 7 March 1891, Page 4
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179THE GUNCOTTON EXPLOSION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8508, 7 March 1891, Page 4
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